Static Custom
Group

You can define a static group, when you have a definite set of users/computers
to be added to this group. If you want to add or remove users/computers
in this group, it has to be done manually. A computer can be a part
of more than one static custom group. These groups are created as target,
for deploying configurations.

Static Unique
Group

A Static unique group is a static group, where the computers belonging
to this group cannot be added to any other groups. Computers added to
a Static Unique group once, will not be listed, when you try to create
another group of the same kind. The main purpose of the creating a Static
unique group is to associate these groups as Scope for the users. All
the privileges to manage this group can be defined only by the administrator.

You can also import a csv file to add computers to a static
or static unique group. The csv should contain the name of the
computer followed by the domain name as explained below:

Computer Name,Domain Name
system101,companyorg

Dynamic
Custom Group

A Dynamic Group is the one that is created with a set of rules or criteria.
Based on the defined criteria, the computers gets automatically added
to this group. Any new computer matching the criteria will automatically
get added to this group. The computers belonging to this group are generated
only during the execution configuration. The defined queries will be applied
and the result will be published as the Dynamic Custom Group.

Create
a Custom Group

To create a custom group, follow the steps below:

Select the Admin
tab

Click the Custom
Groups link available under the Global Settings. This will
list all the Custom Groups that have been created.

Click the Create
New Group button and specify the following values:

Specify a name for the custom group. This should
be unique.

Select the Domain or the Workgroup from the list.

Select the Group
Type as Computers or Users. This will list the available
computers/users in the selected domain.

Note: By default, the
users/computers will be displayed in Tree View. Use List
View link to view users/computers as a list. Manual entry
of computers/users is possible using Manual
Input option.

Select the computers/users and move them to the
Added list.

Click Submit
to create the group.

Repeat step 3 & 4 for creating more groups.

List
View

Click on the List View link for
the users/computers to be displayed as a list.

Click on a particular alphabet to view the users/computers
with names that begin with alphabet specified. Use All
link to list all the users/computers.

Click on the Sort link to sort
the listed user/computer names.

Ignore
Prefix

You can use the "Ignore-Prefix"
option in combination with your choice of alphabet. This will list all
users/computers that have the specified prefix and whose names begin with
selected alphabet. For example, the figure below shows a case where DC
is specified in Ignore-Prefix and the alphabet chosen is W.
The resultant list therefore shows all the computers who have 'DC'
as their prefix but whose names begin with alphabet 'W'.

Add
Computers Manually

Click on the Addtab for the users/computers to be manually added.

Specify a valid User/Computer in the text field.

Click on >> button to add
the user/computer in the custom group.

Incorrect User/Computer will not be added and the application
will throw an error. In that case, specify the correct
User/Computer name and add it again.

Click on Create Group button
to complete custom group creation.

You have successfully created a custom group,
which can be used for management purposes.